Shingle edging and sizing machine



(No Model.)

eS. S. `INGMAN 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

SHINGLE BDGING AND SIZING MAGHINE.

.w No. 539,740.

Patented May 21, 1895,.

Inventor.

1H: mams PETERS co. immuun- 0.. wnsmuamn. n. c.

' Attorney,.

No Modiel.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

S. S. INGMAN. SHINGLB BDGING AND SIZING MAGHINB.

No. 539,740. Patented May 21, 1895.

Witnesses. Inventor.

yauel/Flngfman gym Attorney.

ams PE1-sns co. Puofoumo.. wAsmNoron. n.1;

v(No Model.)

3 Sheets-Sheet 3. S. S. INGMAN.

SHINGLE -BDGING 'AND SIZING MACHINE. No. 539,740.

Patented May'Zl', 1895.

Inventor.

Attorney.

mi ohms paens co. Puoaumo.. WASHING o VNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sHlNcLE EDGING AND s'lzlNc MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,740, dated May 21, 189.5.

`Application filed November 10, 1894 Serial No. 523,404. (No model.)

io @ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. INGMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexandria, in the parish of Rapides and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Shingle Edging and Sizing Machines, of which the `following is a specification.

My ,invention relates to a shingle sawing machine, and particularly to a shingle edging or sizing machine. u

In order to turn out a six by eighteen inch shingle from a random shingle mill, a log is placed upon a slide, cut off by a `drag saw, bolted into six inchblocks cut by a circular saw, or cut into f cants by a saw mill, and into blocks with cut off saw, passed to a shingle saw machine, where dimension shingles are cnt, and caused to drop into bins according to the grade of each shingle, while such as are defective, or fromy some cause will not make a six inch shingle, are passed through a knot saw or jointer machine, and reduced to smaller dimensions.

'Shingles from my machine are treated by the aforesaid drag saw machine from the log slide, but when the bolter is reached the blocks are cut twelve by eighteen inches, or largeenough to make two shingles six by eighteen inches, then through the said shingle sawing -machine, and finally y (the knot or jointer machine being entirely dispensed with) through my edging or sizing machine, thus producing two shingles six by eighteen instead of one of equal size.

The object of Athe invention is to provide ashingle, edging and sizing machine of such improved construction and arrangement of parts that it will edge and size a much larger shingle than the machines now in use, and will size up the shingle pieces cut from larger blocks making one or more dimension shingles without the customary loss of timber.

The uniform width of shingles produced by the majority of mills or machines, is four, five and six inches, and the carriages of the machines now in use will generally c ut a twelve inch, or wider shingle. A further object therefore of my invention is to provide means for edging a shingle piece wide enough to. make two shingles of either of the said uni- Vform dimensions, and at the same time size ,feed mechanism, whereby the shingles are carried or pushed without theleast possibility of their being caught or stopped -in their travel through themachine.

A still further object ot' the invention is to provide an auxiliary feed of rollers and pulleys to take the sized shingles trom the machine, and take the splinters from the saws,

and prevent them from flying back at the 0perator. l. .a y

The invention, con'sis s 1n the novel construction andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and set up l in the claims. l

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved shingle-edging.

machine. Fig. 2 isy an enlarged side elevation thereof, showing a simplified form of frame. Fig. 4. is a top plan view of Figl2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the plates with one of the forward corners turned up.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the several Iigures of the drawings.

The front of the machine is provided with a'rightangle rest l, from whence the Wide and unsized shingles are fed on to the stationary table 2, the latter being secured upon two supports 3, from the machine 4. Suitably secured upon the table and at proper distances apart., are four gages 5, 6, 7, and 8.'

which'fextend from the front end of the table to, and upon one side of each circular saw 9.

The shaft or saw arbor 1 0, lis journaled in boxes 1l, upon the frame 4, has a shoulder 12, and pulley 13, at one end. The `other end is screw threaded and has a nui-.14, for the purpose of tightening up the saws, of which there are 6 (this number being lessened or increased as desired) secured upon the shaft or arbor Fig. 3 is a rear end view of Fig. 2.

betweena seriesof collars.l Theperipheries of these saws project through the table 2, a suf-V ficient distance to insure perfect cutting.

In the front of the machine isjournaled the shaft 17, and at the rear or opposite end of the machine is similarly journaled a like shaft 18. Upon each of these shafts is secured a series of sprocket wheels 19, and 19?, which carry an endless sprocket or chain belt 20. The chain belts 20, are each provided with a series of plates 2l, preferably `of iron or steel, se-A cured in place on anangle to the belt but parallel to each other, and the forward corner of each plate is turned up to act as a dog and push the shingles through, should they get caught; or plates with a turned corner may be used at intervals through .the chain.

`Projecting vertically from each side ofthey frame 4, to which they are rmy secured, are

the upright hangers 2 2, connected together by the shaft 23, having front andi rear arms 24, and 25, respectively journaledthereon,

with collars 26, filling yupthe space between the arms. Front these arms are independently suspended front, and rear shingle guide rollers 24a and 25,;respectively, so thatthey will not grasp the shingles against'the belts 20; the axles of the rear rollers being in the same vertical plane with the axles of the rearv sprocket wheels. These rollers with 'the sprocket chainsor beltsform thefeed mech anisin for the shingles while being cut andas the cut is finished the shingles together with the splints and shaving's are caughtbetween the said rear rollers and a lseries or rollers 27, secured upon the shaft 1 8, `(between Jthe sprocket wheels 19a) and are carried'offclear of the machine; thus furnishing an auxiliary feed. l v It will be lobserved that the endless chain t belts run over the tablebetween and tothe side of the saws, and under the guide rollers,`

l' and that the front set or series of these roll-y ers are twice the number of the rear rollers,

gage the auxiliary feed rollers. f

Motive power is supplied to themachineI by means of a belt from an engine or suitabley driving power, to the pulley 13, fromthence by a belt to the pulley 29, upon one end of shaft 30, then from the pulley 31, upon theyother end of the shaft, to the. pulley 33, the' latterfhaving a hand brake 34. These belts are not shown in order not to'confuse ther showing of other more important parts. This arrangement may be varied,` tlat is the ifeed `may be driven f rom a separate counter shaft located under or over the machinaand provided with` a sprocket wheel carrying a chain belt.

Supposing the operator inch unsized shingle in hand Ito size'to two six inch shingles, the operation of the machine is as follows: One edge of the said shinyryin g 1 gages, andbetween the saws, a series of rollers while the latter are of sufficient width to en-` gleis placed against thegage 8. It is caught by the plates of the sprocketchains, carried under the two front rollers nearest the gage, (said rollers engaging the next plate before vdisengaging thev preceding one, owing to the angled position of the plates of the belts) then under the wide rear rollers and between the series of gages, of aiseries of rollers independ- Aently suspended .upon `a shaft forward of the Asaws, a ser ies.of4 rollers indeptmdently suspended upon the sameshaft intherear of the saws, the chain belts, and means for running the belts over thetablebetween Vthe saws, and between the'said gages, for the fp'ur'pose set forth.

v2 .V In'a shingle machine, the combination with 'the table,` the circular "saws revolved rth'rofug'h'the table, andthe series'of-gages se- 'cured` uponthe table, of the endless chain belts, the front and rear sprocket'wheels carkthe belts lover the'table between the independently pivote'dupon -a shaft from vabove the belts and ha'n-gingfo'rward of the saws, anda series of rollers, pivoted upon the 'same shaft,fand hanging in the rear of the saws, with their axles in the same vertical plane with the axles of the lrear sprocket wheels, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a 'shingle machine, the combination with the circular'saws, and a traveling means such as described for conveying the unsized 'shingles to the saws, of the two sets of rollers, each set and each roller being independently suspended from one and the same shaft upon each 'side ofthe latter, one set engaging the said'conveying means forward of the saws, and the other set having the same engagement in the rear of the saws, as set forth.

4. In a shingle sizing machine, the combi` nation withv the [circular saws and the table Ahaving gages, of the sprocket wheels, the

chain belts, and the two sets of 4independently suspended rollers engaging the said chain belts, one set of the said rollers being wider and of less number than the other set, the wide'set being in the rear` of the saws, andthe A other set located forward of the saws', substantially as set forth. t0 have a vtwelve 5. In a shingle machine, the combination with the table having gages, the circular saws, and `the suspended rollers, of the sprocket wheels, the endless chain belts, and the plates IOO IIO

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secured upon the chains at an angle and havek to the said belts, and havingaturned up por- 1o ing a turned up portion, substantially as set tion, as set forth. Y

forth. f A In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand 6.In a. shingle machine, the combination in the presence of two witnesses.

with the circular saws, the table having gages, v

and the suspended rollers, of-the`sprocket SAMUEL S. INGMAN. wheels, the auxiliary rollers located between Witnesses: and upon the same shaftwith the sprocket W. T. TURBEVILLE,

wheels, the chain belts, and the plates secured Y L( SESSIONS. 

